Chapter 358 The protective and devoted woman VS The soft-hearted man who harbors a grudge 16

He turned around and sat back down, examining the roll of parchment in his hand with a magnifying glass, his expression indifferent, as if he were just chatting with her about trivial matters in life.

Jiang Zhiyi waved her hand dismissively and continued packing the pile of items. "What other plans do I have? I have no say in his affairs, and I won't suffer any losses... Right now, I just want to keep this shop running and have a stable income... By the way, how come you have such good information?"

Ji Chen gently tapped her head with a magnifying glass; he was getting more and more used to this gesture.

"What? Are you so curious about me? I don't have the habit of taking people as goddaughters..." He frowned and thought carefully, "Taking you as my god-sister is more appropriate."

"You're crazy." Jiang Zhiyi didn't indulge him. "If you have nothing to do, help me with the work. Stop studying your lousy paper. I'm busy here by myself, and you just stand there watching without even helping me."

Ji Chen smiled, but still didn't move. "It's not that I can't do the work, but you'll have to pay me a commission."

"Never mind then, I can't afford to hire you..." Jiang Zhiyi ignored him.

"Sister! We're here! Ah—" The noisy voice of the children suddenly came.

Jiang Zhiyi quickly stood up. "My younger brother and sister are here. Please sit down for a while. I need to go see them."

"Okay, you go ahead and get busy," Ji Chen nodded.

Jiang Zhiyi went downstairs, where three people with schoolbags were drinking water. These were her fourth younger brother, Jiang Zhisi, who was in junior high school; her fifth younger sister, Jiang Zhiwu, who was in elementary school; and her sixth younger brother, Jiang Zhiliu, who was in kindergarten.

Besides Qiqi and these three, her other two younger siblings live at school and don't need anyone to take care of them.

The three younger ones have been being looked after by several uncles and aunts in turns lately.

They would go to her shop after school during the day, and then the adults would come to pick them up after they got off work in the evening.

"Little Four and Little Five, you two do your homework first, don't play with your younger brother... I'll check it when you're done."

Xiao Liu was pretending to read the comic book, seemingly very well-behaved, but in reality, he was planning to cause trouble later.

Jiang Zhiyi picked up Xiao Liu and took him up to the attic.

"You play with these toys by yourself, and don't make a sound, or I'll lock you in a dark room and let the monster eat you," she warned deliberately with a cold face.

"I understand." Jiang Zhiliu sat on the floor and played with a toy ball.

Ji Chen doesn't dislike children; in fact, he even went up to them and played with them for a while.

Not long after, Ji Chen went downstairs to help Jiang Zhiyi get her things.

As he passed by the small hall downstairs, he saw two children diligently doing their homework. He noticed that Jiang Zhisi's hands looked a little strange.

Ji Chen stood there watching for a long time.

Once they were back upstairs, he called Jiang Zhiyi aside, his expression serious. "Your younger brother is only in junior high?"

"Yes, it's the first day of the Lunar New Year this year. What's wrong?" Jiang Zhiyi asked, somewhat puzzled.

"What happened to the injury on his hand?"

Jiang Zhiyi thought for a moment and didn't hide it from him, "When Xiao Si was little, he was burned by fire. His hands were burned the most, so he was left with some scars."

Although it doesn't really affect anything, Jiang Zhiliu is all grown up now, and he can't say he doesn't care at all, so even on the hottest days, he still wears long sleeves.

He rarely shows the scars on his hands except to his family.

Ji Chen frowned and said, "It's not this kind of burn, there are other injuries. I just saw a lot of new scars on his arm, it looks like he was burned with a cigarette butt. You'd better ask him if he was bullied at school..."